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Jay Sekulow
Jay Alan Sekulow (/ˈsɛkjəˌloʊ/; born June 10, 1956) is an American lawyer, radio, television talk show host and politically conservative media personality. He has been chief counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) since 1991. As a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, he served as lead outside counsel for Trump's first impeachment trial in the United States Senate.
Sekulow built a legal and media business over a thirty-year period by representing conservative, religious, and pro-life groups. He hosts a syndicated radio show and is a frequent guest commentator on the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Fox News Channel television networks.
Jay Alan Sekulow was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Natalie (née Wortman) and Stanley Sekulow.
Sekulow was raised on Long Island, in the town of Jericho. He came from a Jewish family, attended Hebrew school, and had a bar mitzvah. While in high school, Sekulow moved with his family to Atlanta, where he graduated from Lakeside High School, then earned a B.A. in 1977 and a J.D. from Mercer University in 1980. While attending Atlanta Baptist College (now the Atlanta campus of Mercer University), Sekulow encountered Jews for Jesus, became interested in Christianity, and converted to Messianic Judaism. Sekulow earned a Ph.D. from Regent University in 2004, writing his dissertation on the influence of religion on Supreme Court justices and their opinions.[citation needed]
After graduating from law school, Sekulow worked at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a prosecutor with the tax litigation division for "about 18 months."
In 1982, he opened a law firm in Atlanta, Georgia, with former Mercer classmate Stuart J. Roth which soon evolved into a business buying, renovating, and selling historic properties as a tax shelter for wealthy investors. IRS regulations changed in the mid-eighties, and the firm collapsed when investors sued the owners for fraud and securities violations. Sekulow and Roth filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief in 1987, with Sekulow listing $13 million in liabilities and $638,000 in assets, and leaving "a trail of angry investors and employees."
In 1987 Sekulow became general counsel for Jews for Jesus. In 1988 he founded the nonprofit group Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism (CASE) whose president he is and whose board members are he, his wife, and their two sons.
In 1992, Sekulow became the director of the ACLJ, where he was chief counsel and principal officer in 2018. While there, he helped file an Amicus brief in Lawrence v. Texas arguing "[b]y providing constitutional protection to same-sex sodomy, the Supreme Court strikes a damaging blow for the traditional family that will only intensify the legal battle to protect marriage and the traditional family." In the early 1990s he also joined the faculty at Regent University Law School.
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Jay Sekulow
Jay Alan Sekulow (/ˈsɛkjəˌloʊ/; born June 10, 1956) is an American lawyer, radio, television talk show host and politically conservative media personality. He has been chief counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) since 1991. As a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, he served as lead outside counsel for Trump's first impeachment trial in the United States Senate.
Sekulow built a legal and media business over a thirty-year period by representing conservative, religious, and pro-life groups. He hosts a syndicated radio show and is a frequent guest commentator on the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Fox News Channel television networks.
Jay Alan Sekulow was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Natalie (née Wortman) and Stanley Sekulow.
Sekulow was raised on Long Island, in the town of Jericho. He came from a Jewish family, attended Hebrew school, and had a bar mitzvah. While in high school, Sekulow moved with his family to Atlanta, where he graduated from Lakeside High School, then earned a B.A. in 1977 and a J.D. from Mercer University in 1980. While attending Atlanta Baptist College (now the Atlanta campus of Mercer University), Sekulow encountered Jews for Jesus, became interested in Christianity, and converted to Messianic Judaism. Sekulow earned a Ph.D. from Regent University in 2004, writing his dissertation on the influence of religion on Supreme Court justices and their opinions.[citation needed]
After graduating from law school, Sekulow worked at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a prosecutor with the tax litigation division for "about 18 months."
In 1982, he opened a law firm in Atlanta, Georgia, with former Mercer classmate Stuart J. Roth which soon evolved into a business buying, renovating, and selling historic properties as a tax shelter for wealthy investors. IRS regulations changed in the mid-eighties, and the firm collapsed when investors sued the owners for fraud and securities violations. Sekulow and Roth filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief in 1987, with Sekulow listing $13 million in liabilities and $638,000 in assets, and leaving "a trail of angry investors and employees."
In 1987 Sekulow became general counsel for Jews for Jesus. In 1988 he founded the nonprofit group Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism (CASE) whose president he is and whose board members are he, his wife, and their two sons.
In 1992, Sekulow became the director of the ACLJ, where he was chief counsel and principal officer in 2018. While there, he helped file an Amicus brief in Lawrence v. Texas arguing "[b]y providing constitutional protection to same-sex sodomy, the Supreme Court strikes a damaging blow for the traditional family that will only intensify the legal battle to protect marriage and the traditional family." In the early 1990s he also joined the faculty at Regent University Law School.